Care Alternatives, Whistleblowers Resolve Hospice Fraud Suit

Care Alternatives Inc. and four whistleblowers have asked a federal district court to dismiss a 16-year-old False Claims Act suit alleging that the company defrauded Medicare by providing hospice care to patients who weren’t eligible.

The parties filed a joint stipulation of dismissal with the US District Court for the District of New Jersey on March 13, and the US Attorney’s Office on Thursday filed notice of the government’s consent to dismissal.

Counsel for the parties didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

The whistleblowers sued in 2008. The district court granted Care Alternatives ...